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Benson Lee

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B: in Toronto, Ontario

Benson Lee is an award-winning Korean-American filmmaker whose work has been theatrically distributed worldwide, and aired on HBO, Cinemax and the Sundance Channel. His first feature, Miss Monday, was filmed in London and premiered in the feature competition at the Sundance Film Festival where it received the Special Jury Prize for Best Actor. Benson also co-produced the documentary Black Picket Fence which received the Jury Award at the Full Frame Film Festival and was released by Seventh Art Releasing. Planet B-boy was his first documentary as a director. His feature Seoul Searching had its premiere as an official selection of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.

Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release

Miss Monday (1998)

Planet B-Boy (2007, documentary)

Battle of the Year (2013)
Seoul Searching (2015)

Credits as a Screenwriter:
Miss Monday (1998)

Battle of the Year (2013)
Seoul Searching (2015)

Credits as a Producer:
Miss Monday (1998)

Black Picket Fence (co-producer, 2002)
Planet B-Boy (2007, documentary)

Battle of the Year (2013)
Seoul Searching (2015)

Waikiki (2020)